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Thrilled that Suzi Feay’s review of My Hummingbird Father made it into the @ftweekend print newspaper today! In their best books of the week roundup of best debuts. It’s so strange to see it in the Financial Times!
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The Amazonian myth of the King Vulture Bride & King Vulture Father is woven into my novel #MyHummingbirdFather. I love vultures. Here is a king vulture on driftwood of the Tambopata River in the Peruvian Amazon, s/he is watching a caiman eat a giant golden catfish
Today something very special happened – my debut novel is published at last! #myhummingbirdfather Thanks to my wonderful publisher @saltpublishing.bsky.social and to my agent Jon Curzon who encouraged me when I needed it.
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My Hummingbird Father is available to buy direct from my lovely publisher Salt Publishing from Saturday 14 September, ahead of publication on 15th Sept! #MyHummingbirdFather
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4 days until #MyHummingbirdFather is released. Here I am in 1993, on Isla Margarita, mind blown by my 1st journey in the Venezuelan Amazon, flying in a Cessna over the great plateau of Auyán-tepui, into Devil’s Canyon, and along Angel Falls, a kilometre high. 2 of these journeys feed into the novel
This is a photo I took in 1993, on my 1st trip to the Venezuelan Amazon, it’s of a Warao (the water people) stilt hut on the Orinoco Delta. I was on a canoe with outboard motor, researching for what became my novel #MyHummingbirdFather out 15 Sept. I’ll post more later
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Four weeks to go! Counting down the weeks until #MyHummingbirdFather is out in the world, beautiful cover by Chris @saltpublishing, and this jungly background! Strange fact: two of my poetry collections grew out of this novel: Fauverie & Mama Amazonica!
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Proofing My Hummingbird Father is easy with Mouse’s help! 2nd set almost done now
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